Welcome to this face vagus nerve massage.
In this exercise we will be stimulating areas of our face and around our ears.
To support the vagus nerve and activate the parasympathetic rest and digest response.
So when you're ready,
Find a comfortable seat.
Arriving.
Maybe taking a breath.
Or two.
Before we begin.
And we're going to start by bringing our index fingers to this space right here between our eyebrows.
Drawing small circles one way.
Breathing deeply.
And being really gentle and soft with ourselves.
No need to push very hard.
No need to rush.
Just moving at your own pace and breathing.
And we swap directions,
Massaging gently the other way.
Remembering to breathe.
Beautiful.
And now we bring our index fingers and our middle fingers together.
Bringing them to that space and across our eyebrows and towards our ears.
Drawing a line.
Towards the ears and breathing.
And maybe sighing it out if you feel called to.
Sighing can also signal safety to your nervous system.
And that it is safe to relax.
Ah.
Beautiful.
Now bring your index fingers to this space right here between your eyes.
And we're going to draw circles again one way.
Breathing deeply.
Massaging gently.
As the skin here is already quite soft and sensitive.
And we swap directions,
Massaging the other way.
Breathing.
And we bring our index fingers and our middle fingers together once more.
And we draw a line from that space and towards our ears.
Sigh.
Maybe inviting a soft smile.
Smiling is another way to signal safety to your nervous system.
Remembering to breathe.
Moving at your own pace.
And now we bring our index fingers to this little nook,
This little space right here next to the nose.
Drawing circles one way.
Breathing.
And we swap directions,
Massaging the other way.
Remembering to breathe.
Beautiful.
Now we bring our index fingers and our middle fingers together once more.
And we draw a line from that space and towards our ears.
Letting it feel good.
And now we're going to bring our index fingers and our thumbs together like this.
And we're going to come to this piece of the ear right here.
And we're going to press down four times.
One,
Two,
Three.
Four.
And we're going to continue massaging the rest of the ear.
Breathing.
Massaging all the way down the ear.
All the way down towards our earlobe.
Hmm.
Maybe sighing it out again.
And now we bring our hands into peace signs.
And we're going to use our peace sign to bring our ear in between so that we may massage the front and the back of the ear simultaneously.
Ah.
Breathing.
Maybe coming all the way down into the jaw where we store so much tension usually.
And when you're ready releasing the hands back down and maybe Closing your eyes for a moment.
Just letting that practice integrate.
Noticing how you feel.
Any sensations?
Any shifts,
Perhaps,
In the body?
Observing without any judgment.
And when you're ready slowly opening your eyes back up coming back to the space around you.
Thank you so much for practicing with me today and I hope to see you here soon again.
Take care.
